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Sunday, August 07, 2016

New Party To Be Part of the Multiracial Opposition Coalition

A Kadir Jasin

SEVERAL negative and erroneous comments have been made
about the proposed new Bumiputera-based political party, particularly its communal
centric.

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If I may, let me state the following.

1. It wasn’t that the promoters
of the new party didn’t think of forming a
multi-racial party.

2. They did. They even discussed the pros and cons of the two
formulae in many meetings of the Save Malaysia People’s declaration (Deklarasi
Rakyat).

3. As debaters and readers may be aware, the core members of
the Deklarasi Rakyat are made up of individuals from many walks of life.

4. Some of them, understandably, are politicians. They come
from such political parties as Umno, the DAP, PKR, Amanah and PAS. Those from
Umno were later sacked or left the party voluntarily.

5. Although they come as individuals, their views are,
inevitably, influenced by their political background and association.

6. It was partly their wish that the former Umno leaders
form a political party that takes on Umno but limit the possibility of a conflict
with other Malay/Muslim-based parties.

7. While those who come from multi-racial parities,
principally the PKR and DAP, would not like to see another multi-racial party
vying for support and, worse still, stealing their members.

8. But they were unanimous that the new
Malay/Bumiputera-based party would play an important role in the existing opposition
coalition.

9. On their part, the ex- and axed-Umno leaders have been
aware from the outset that any political role they are expected to play has to
be based on providing the Malays with an alternative to Umno.

10. Preliminary discussions between leaders of the proposed
new party and their counterparts in the PKR, DAP, Amanah and PAS had yielded
positive indications.

11. Over in Sabah, the former Umno vice president, Datuk
Seri Shafie Apdal is organising a new Bumiputera party based on the former United
Sabah National Organisation (USNO). USNO handed power to Umno in 1991 and went
into hibernation.

12. The ultimate goal of the formation of the new party
is to challenge and put an end to the Barisan Nasional hegemony by
strengthening the existing opposition coalition.

13.Thus it is incorrect to accuse the initiators of the new party
of ignoring multiracialism. The new party pledges to give full recognition to
multiracialism and political reform while minimising potential conflict with
the existing opposition political parties.

14. The objective is to take on the BN one-to-one in the coming
general elections and win. Insya-Allah.

36 comments:

sham
said...

I fully support the whole idea of the new coalition which share the same important agenda that is to save our beloved country from further damage made by UMNO/ BN. At least i can breath a little bit now and able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is an inspiring moment to see that all the leaders are so committed, open minded and matured in their political strategy in win win situation for the sake of the country and the people. It's a gift for all Malaysian in conjunction with our independence day that is just around the corner. Well done to all our truly leaders.Proud of all of you. Thank you.

"9. On their part, the ex- and axed-Umno leaders have been aware from the outset that any political role they are expected to play has to be based on providing the Malays with an alternative to Umno."

Salam Datuk,

That is the crux of the matter.

The Alliance model of Tunku, that became Barisan under Tun Razak, is dead. It is now merely a corrupt shark called Parti Dedak Najib, and the MCA and MIC are like the remora fish that travel with the shark, waiting for the shark to finish feeding, then eating the crumbs.

GE14 is very much a Malay battle to reclaim the maruah, values and dignity of the Malays from the bunch of lying thieves called Parti Dedak Najib. Hence a united Malay front with this new party, PKR, Amanah and (hopefully) PAS is the key to victory. DAP should concentrate on the Chinese vote, in Chinese areas, and stay away.

If too many agendas become entwined, then the effort will fail.

BN is easy to manage, because the only agenda is money. The elites in Parti Dedak Najib want the easy kontrak2, GLC money, corrupt kickbacks, huge bungalows, properties in London, and fancy cars to continue. We can understand that. It is an easy life. Get rich with no effort. But it is not Islamic and not a reflection of Malay values.

Wan Azizah must accept what every Malaysian can see very clearly - she cannot lead the opposition. And because she is merely a puppet of Anwar, then it is up to Anwar to see whether he will sabotage the whole of Malaysia's future, merely for his dead dreams of power.

I heard you loud and clear,sdr Kadir.I totally agreed with your explaination.Good luck also to YB Shafie Afdal.Thats is the way to go forward,Malaysia need choices and good governance is in top of our mind.

I have no problems with this new party being an alternative to UMNO. In fact, that is its strength, and keeps it from competing with established multiracial parties, particularly PKR, thereby sabotaging the alternative coalition.

(As opposed to "the opposition", I prefer using the term "alternative coalition" - the original Barisan Alternatif - which ought to be popularised to drill into the public's minds psychologically that someone other than BN can govern Malaysia).

Reading the proposed constitution, I am heartened. Curtailing the powers of the president with oversight committees, balancing it out with other mechanisms, limiting th eterm of office, etc are great ways to update politics in Malaysia in line with the 21st Century.

It's UMNO 3.0. Well done and Godspeed. I have never been a member of any political party, but I will be signing up for this new party just to give it a push.

DatukThis is the correct strategy, after all political successes are based on adopting and implementing the strategy that the rakyat accepts.Unfortunately for UMNO and BN, they are only following the will of just one man and that will bring down the fall of their parties because they did not do the will of the rakyat. Stupid strategy (call it no strategy) is already on its way out, the rise and fall of UMNO and BN is the next chapter of Malaysian history.

Datuk, Pandiman doing a great favour to the new party!Aug 7 ― The Attorney-General's Chambers have submitted an appeal against dancer Bilqis Hijjas acquitted of insulting behaviour by dropping yellow balloons during an official event attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife in a mall August last year. - See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/ag-appeals-against-acquittal-of-dancer-who-threw-yellow-balloons-at-pm-even?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook#sthash.LybGd952.dpuf

Stupid non-issues like these are blown up and kept in spotlight, and reinforces the people's opinion that we really have no-brains people running the country.

I have no problem with Tun M and UMNO rejects to form a new alternative party to defeat UMNO and BN next election.Not that i love Najib more but kecelaruan tidak membantu PERJUANGAN parti tunjang orang Melayu.By all means go for it.Come to think of it politics are in their veins and blood and they need a platform to fight their cause.I wish them good luck again.The UMNO members are mostly loyal members who pertahankan 'Institusi Presiden'.With all due respect ,siapa lagi yang Tun M nak turunkan huh ?.They want Najib to step fown over 1 MDB undemocratically.I disagree.

whatever strategies and reasons to form the new party the main focus is to ensure UMNO ( used to be my beloved party) be toppled for the sake of our future generations ( anak cucu cicik semua Rakyat negara tercinta ini)

So may we call on all grandparents, parents and siblings irrespective of our colour, race and belief support the new party coalition to save our beloved country from 'KLEPETOKRASI' Government..

Let us send those Deranged Useless Mental Blockheads (DUMBs) to the dumps to Rot!

9 Correct statement of problem.12 Correct objective.1 All parties serve a community of interests, ethnic or justice. Being a member doesn't stop one from being good, but challenge is remain good when one becomes rich, which applies to all parties.

Now let's see the stat base on PRN KK n SB.Amongst the malay voter , 60% with Umno , 30% with Pas and 10% with Pkr/Pan.Knowing the supporter of Umno and Pas are hardcore , what is left is the lalang in Pkr/Pan supporter .With the new Tun M party , the fight is for the 10% malay vote .

6.I am excited to know more of this new party and in all honestly in my view if one expects an exodus of UMNO members and majority peribumi migrate to the new party it will be just merely a wishful thinking in my analysis.Good luck to the new party.UMNO is bigger than Tun M,DSMY and Najib.UMNO perlu dipertahankan.

I also believed that, that 'Rakyat di Dahulukan' rhetoric was coined, at about the same time, TIA was transformed into 1MDB. And that was only 3 month after Najib became PM. Therefore, Najib must have known Jho Low or his father, long before that or at least when he was DPM.

Jho Low had a hand in TIA too. That means, as soon as Najib became PM or maybe, when Pak Lah was still PM and under pressure to resign, 1MDB had already been brewed. Looks like Najib wasted no time at all, scheming.

In contrast to Dr.M's scheming of things .....2 month after becoming PM, 1981, he instructed the Navy's Paskal to set-up camp on Terumbu Layang-Layang, a speck of shoals at high-tide, about 300km North-West of Labuan. After a small shack was ready, Dr.M as the new PM even spent a night there, maybe to assert Malaysian presence there.

Long before that, as DPM, Dr.M had already suggested that we should inhabit Amboyna Cay, the thirteenth largest among the Spratly islands, but was dismissed by Tun Hussein Onn, obviously to avoid conflict with Vietnam. However, by the time Dr.M became PM, Vietnam have occupied Amboyna Cay.

Today, if not because of Dr.M's courage & foresightedness for the benefits of future generation, Malaysia would definitely NOT had any claim over anything in the Spratlys.

Therefore, I support Dr.M New Party. UMNO-Najib klepetocratic party be replaced, whole.

You can juggle, divide, multiply, add and substract the figures to your heart's content if it makes you feel good.

So you think the results of the KK and SB by-elections were a reflection of the people's sentiments countrywide.

Think again.

Did you take into consideration the operatives from Putrajaya who came in nightly with begs of cash for distibution?

Or the black-ops/psywar people sent in to create fear, discord, confusion and such, amongst the voters?

Dedak and fear-mongering played a big role.

But during the GE each and everyone of the candidates will be busy with their own constituencies. There will be no ministers setting up camps in every polling centre. There won't be enough dedak to distribute nationwide.

All these will not be possible for UMNO to repeat come this GE14, not for want of trying, but because of the sheer impracticality of scale.

So TDM is no more relevant. That is why Najib and his band of dedakmen are trying their best to denigrate the old man. Is it working? Fat chance!

Now they are saying Bersatu treats non Malays as second class members. Who ever that suggested to add the "associate member" clause must have not heard the famous Arab fable "The old man, the boy and the donkey". The moral of the story is that you can never please everyone. Just do what you believe is right.

sorry aaa..,every time i read ur post it irritate me a little. i dun care about ur political philosophy or not but how u defend d undependable...its too much. maybe my political std is low, as am still a college green, but it doesnt mean i cannot c d cases of illegal, immoral or unethical done by d subjects u r defending. by any stretch of imagination tat these do not imply any approval n commendation. d likeliness of 1mdb ….lying, deceiving n manipulating all d way from day one……n still trying hard for d logical ends but terribly failed.its better for u to defend d defenseless…..open ur mouth to d mute , d rakyat! d ordinary, they r not very smart to defend their sake or to think much on these kinds of issues n just accept what conventional wisdom states. they wont cloud their mind when their stomach already weak.TDM takes on umno to d good principle of democracy. maybe he was a bad person to ur opinion. but 20 yrs of his reign…. d nation was at its best. anyway who is d baddest now? u may tell me this country ‘ll go haywire if d leaders r changed….. n we ‘ll suffer d alternative of frustration or economic failure or racial devastation so on n on…..but u r just kidding urself with such nonsense. more foolish if u recite verses from Quran or Hadis to support tat!

1.I can quite understand your irritation because we don't share the same sweet music here now that i come into this blog as a mere passenger.Was here many years ago before you appear.You cannot accept my views it is fine with me.Young college boys nowdays don't share the experience kampong man and pre Merdeka Malaysians went through and even the May 13 tragedy.Assuming you are in college you now you probably were not here in the world ad yet.Not important though.

2.I disagree with Deklarasi Rakyat and the setting up of new party BERSATU which will further split Perpaduan Melayu, affect political stability,peace and harmony in this peaceful Malaysia just because to topple Najib and his UMNO/BN government UNDEMOCRATICALLY. Yes, undemocratically for just that silly 1 MDB issue alone.Do it next GE 14 if you will please.

3.Of course i adore that man Tun M more than you do because i lived in his time and saw his contributions.The political landscape change following the sacking of DSAI and the REFORMASI that follows just behind my house create so much instability and harmony in this country.A political havoc too.Now poor Pak Lah and later Najib has to carry this responsibility to correct the wrongs in the pas and they are too many to mention here.Many.

4.My analysis suggest that Najib will hang on to complete his mandated term.If there is no crimanal charges are made against him,it is very likely he will contest again for UMNO president and ultimately and logically will still be our PM again.We shall leave it to voters to decide.

5.UMNO/BN has gone through worst situations in the past and prevailed.Since when was UMNO/BN lost ruling the nation?.

6.This new party BERSATU will get nowhere just like the defunct Semangat 46 and some splinters since it will not attract many peribumi.Irritated still ?.

6.Sorry boy.Thank you for being honest for i hate hypocrite.The beauty is i NEVER use one sen of political money snd project.Just that i am a beneficiary of gomen policy on education for wualified kampong man like me.Hehe. .

About Me

I was born in 1947 in Kedah. I came from a rice farming family. I have been a journalist since 1969. I am the Editor-in-Chief of magazine publishing company, Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd. I was Group Editor NST Sdn Bhd and Group Editor-in-Chief of NSTP Bhd between 1988 and 2000. I write fortnightly column “Other Thots” in the Malaysian Business magazine, Kunta Kinte Original in Berita Harian and A Kadir Jasin Bercerita in Dewan Masyarakat. Books: Biar Putih Tulang (1998), Other Thots – Opinions & Observations 1992-2001 (2001), The Wings of an Eagle (2003), Mencari Dugalia Huso (2006), Damned That Thots (2006), Blogger (2006), PRU 2008-Rakyat Sahut Cabaran (2008), Komedi & Tragedi-Latest in Contemporary Malaysian Politics (2009) and Membangun Bangsa dengan Pena (2009).